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[Q] Soft brick

So I was trying to flash a rom today and ended up soft bricking because the file was bad. Didn't get the chance to flash the new rom and already wiped data. The backup I did was also not working and I didn't have another rom to flash.
Now I am stuck on Samsung boot logo but I could still access download mode and CWM.
What should I do to fix this? Should I just flash to stock firmware and that would fix the issue? Or is there an easier way?
Basically I just need to push the new downloaded rom into sdcard but how do I do that when my phone wont even boot?

gahlaygai said:
So I was trying to flash a rom today and ended up soft bricking because the file was bad. Didn't get the chance to flash the new rom and already wiped data. The backup I did was also not working and I didn't have another rom to flash.
Now I am stuck on Samsung boot logo but I could still access download mode and CWM.
What should I do to fix this? Should I just flash to stock firmware and that would fix the issue? Or is there an easier way?
Basically I just need to push the new downloaded rom into sdcard but how do I do that when my phone wont even boot?
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Odin back to stock or use an external SD card with the new ROM files.
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geoldr said:
Odin back to stock or use an external SD card with the new ROM files.
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If you're reasonably competent with adb, you could also boot into recovery and upload a different ROM file to your phone with it.

smelenchuk said:
If you're reasonably competent with adb, you could also boot into recovery and upload a different ROM file to your phone with it.
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Right, that's what I forgot to add.

geoldr said:
Odin back to stock or use an external SD card with the new ROM files.
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Thanks, that fixed the problem!
New question, sorry for being such a noob. I tried rooting using GS3 Snapdragon Toolkit to root but the problem now is that when after it reboots, the screen is black and there is only flashing blue LED. What am I doing wrong?

gahlaygai said:
Thanks, that fixed the problem!
New question, sorry for being such a noob. I tried rooting using GS3 Snapdragon Toolkit to root but the problem now is that when after it reboots, the screen is black and there is only flashing blue LED. What am I doing wrong?
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Did you try to use the toolkit with a Jelly Bean stock? It explicitly can't do that.
Since you're using Odin anyway, you might try one of the pre-rooted stock images from this thread.

smelenchuk said:
Did you try to use the toolkit with a Jelly Bean stock? It explicitly can't do that.
Since you're using Odin anyway, you might try one of the pre-rooted stock images from this thread.
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Yeah, that's exactly what happened. Will read entire instructions next time. Thanks for you help!

File System Messed Up! Need help!

I am sorry if this has been discussed before, and I do remember reading about it somewhere here on XDA, but it seems my entire file system is messed up. I was on Omega 10 before, then went to CM10.1 and back to Omega. Now, it seems I have a folder 0 inside my SD card which has duplicate folders as the ones in the SDCard folder itself.
I would think the only way to fix this would be a complete wipe of the system and reflashing a ROM? Is yes, then how do I go about doing it? Is there any other way? I am really getting frustrated with this
TIA

Back up, format the internal SD through twrp then install the omega ROM again.
Sent from the Rabbit Hole

Thanks for the help. Can it be done through CWM?
Oh, and would I need an external SD card too?

Alright, for those interested, heres what I did
1. Flashed TWRP through ODIN
2. Formatted Internal SD
3. Flashed Stock firmware through ODIN
4. Rerooted and all that good stuff from toolkit (thanks MSkip)
5. Finally flashed Omega v10
Woooo.. I think I am done with flashing for a few days now :silly:

anirudh412 said:
Alright, for those interested, heres what I did
1. Flashed TWRP through ODIN
2. Formatted Internal SD
3. Flashed Stock firmware through ODIN
4. Rerooted and all that good stuff from toolkit (thanks MSkip)
5. Finally flashed Omega v10
Woooo.. I think I am done with flashing for a few days now :silly:
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Here is a way to do this with CWM my friend... Check my thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092485 and remember... Search is your friend...

yiannisthegreek said:
Here is a way to do this with CWM my friend... Check my thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092485 and remember... Search is your friend...
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As I VERY CLEARLY mentioned in my first post, I did remember reading about it on XDA some days ago, but wasnt able to find it. I am not new to XDA you know But thanks for pointing out the thread. Bookmarking it for now, even though I think I am done with AOSP ROMS on the Note 2. Just dont see the point what with all the added features on Sammy based ROMS.

anirudh412 said:
As I VERY CLEARLY mentioned in my first post, I did remember reading about it on XDA some days ago, but wasnt able to find it. I am not new to XDA you know But thanks for pointing out the thread. Bookmarking it for now, even though I think I am done with AOSP ROMS on the Note 2. Just dont see the point what with all the added features on Sammy based ROMS.
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Yea I was in the same boat too...on the S3 the aosp ROMs seemed good because you didn't have to worry about the spen features and such plus it suited the screen size. However after trying aosp on the note 2 it just made the phone less than what its meant to be. So I went back to using custom stock ROMs. so far omega is the way.
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bushako said:
Yea I was in the same boat too...on the S3 the aosp ROMs seemed good because you didn't have to worry about the spen features and such plus it suited the screen size. However after trying aosp on the note 2 it just made the phone less than what its meant to be. So I went back to using custom stock ROMs. so far omega is the way.
Sent from the Rabbit Hole
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Or something like the RR Pitch Black Edition
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005675
The concept is perfect. An AOSP themed Sammy custom ROM. Gonna try it out and see how it performs.

Would I be able to do this if I am stuck at boot screen? I'm at work at the moment so will have to try when I finish. I can still get to download mode or recovery mode but after boot it just hangs at the loading screen. Initially had cf auto root and a version of aroma on N7105T

dalemissen said:
Would I be able to do this if I am stuck at boot screen? I'm at work at the moment so will have to try when I finish. I can still get to download mode or recovery mode but after boot it just hangs at the loading screen. Initially had cf auto root and a version of aroma on N7105T
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Do what?

[Q] what's the deal with 4.3?

- For android 4.3, there has been a lot of talk on the developer section, and from what I can see, the major bugs/issues have been fixed. Like the ROM not rebooting correctly. For those using 4.3, is this true?
- Also, from what I understand, this was due to the recoveries not being ready for 4.3, however CM released their own bare bone recovery to fix that issue. And then I've read that the TW recovery has also been updated to solve this problem.
-There is a lot of information in the development forums, but I have not seen any post on the steps on what to do in order to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3.
-Right now I have CWM 5 recovery, because that's been working for me, and I never bothered changing (bad experience with trying to upgrade/change a recovery). Now from what I understand, I should be able to flash the newest touch recovery (via the goo app?), and then wipe and flash any 4.3 ROM. Any detail instructions would be a help, or if someone can create a tutorial post, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.

Here is a post I made yesterday about how I switched from 4.2 to 4.3
I hope it helps. I have been on hellybean 4.3 for two days and everything is running great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45021060&postcount=632

You could just install ROM Manager and update from there. It's super-easy (you need ROOT, but I presume you have that since you're flashing ROMs anyway). :good:

Sicily1918 said:
You could just install ROM Manager and update from there. It's super-easy (you need ROOT, but I presume you have that since you're flashing ROMs anyway). :good:
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Many people have had bad experiences with ROM Manager. Especially in the Gingerbread days when its use was more common for this sort of thing.
Just my 2 cents.

monkeybuttons said:
Many people have had bad experiences with ROM Manager. Especially in the Gingerbread days when its use was more common for this sort of thing.
Just my 2 cents.
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Interesting -- always been good to me, although I only use it to update the recovery; for the ROM itself I use Cyanogen's update util. I also use CWM, not TWRP, so there's that...

bobiscool07 said:
- For android 4.3, there has been a lot of talk on the developer section, and from what I can see, the major bugs/issues have been fixed. Like the ROM not rebooting correctly. For those using 4.3, is this true?
- Also, from what I understand, this was due to the recoveries not being ready for 4.3, however CM released their own bare bone recovery to fix that issue. And then I've read that the TW recovery has also been updated to solve this problem.
-There is a lot of information in the development forums, but I have not seen any post on the steps on what to do in order to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3.
-Right now I have CWM 5 recovery, because that's been working for me, and I never bothered changing (bad experience with trying to upgrade/change a recovery). Now from what I understand, I should be able to flash the newest touch recovery (via the goo app?), and then wipe and flash any 4.3 ROM. Any detail instructions would be a help, or if someone can create a tutorial post, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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Ur best and safest approach would be to DL Odin and the drivers for ur phone, then go to techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and DL twrp2.6.0.4, this is the 4.3 compatible version, then put ur device in DL mode and connect to odin, load the tar file in PDA and click start, 30 sec and u have the latest and greatest twrp recovery, now go get hellybean 4.3 or beanstalk4.3 and flash it, watch the beauty take place...
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I updated my rom today like I usually do from the CMUpdater and it updated from 4.2 to 4.3. I didn't mean or want to do that, but it didn't tell me otherwise. Now I'm having issues left and right......the one time I don't back it up...grrr.
I'm having the most issues with Gapps. I downloaded the new one and installed it and Google Music and Youtube keeps crashing. I guess I'll be doing the full wipe now.

Did u update to 4 3 gapps? It won't do it automatically, even if u updated through goo it just looks at what version is installed and updates that version, 4.3 gapps can be found in any 4.3 thread
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soupysoup said:
Ur best and safest approach would be to DL Odin and the drivers for ur phone, then go to techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and DL twrp2.6.0.4, this is the 4.3 compatible version, then put ur device in DL mode and connect to odin, load the tar file in PDA and click start, 30 sec and u have the latest and greatest twrp recovery, now go get hellybean 4.3 or beanstalk4.3 and flash it, watch the beauty take place...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Why do some of those files say hercules, and others sgh-t989? Aren't they the same phone?

[Q] International rom compatability N900T

Hi quick question,
which international roms work with tmobile note 3? and does it matter which kernal you use?

nofroyo said:
Hi quick question,
which international roms work with tmobile note 3? and does it matter which kernal you use?
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I currently run X-Note V13 with Civ Kernel. My opinion is that it is the best ROM out there and it is an international ROM. Only thing is that your CSC gets changed which is no big deal other than the fact that some settings and apps think your are from another country.

I fully agree I love that rom! Keep going back GREAT battery life! Fast and stable with A LOT of tweaks. You have to try it, you won't go back. It deletes your internal storage. At least if does on mine but I don't care
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

You can probably use any international rom as long as you use the wifi bt nfc fix and a tmo kernel.

FFTony said:
I currently run X-Note V13 with Civ Kernel. My opinion is that it is the best ROM out there and it is an international ROM. Only thing is that your CSC gets changed which is no big deal other than the fact that some settings and apps think your are from another country.
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how did you flash the x-note v13 ROM without the aroma install wiping your internal SD? I've been flashing a tmo kernel and the wifi fix, but the actual ROM install itself ALWAYS wipes my internal SD. And it doesn't boot. Could you please list out your steps?

[quote name="FFTony" post=51445674]I currently run X-Note V13 with Civ Kernel. My opinion is that it is the best ROM out there and it is an international ROM. Only thing is that your CSC gets changed which is no big deal other than the fact that some settings and apps think your are from another country.
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how did you flash the x-note v13 ROM without the aroma install wiping your internal SD? I've been flashing a tmo kernel and the wifi fix, but the actual ROM install itself ALWAYS wipes my internal SD. And it doesn't boot. Could you please list out your steps?[/QUOTE]
This ROM always wipes my internal SD card as well, that or it happens when I do the wipe prior to install.
This is the way I have flashed two versions of X-Note once on jb and once on kk. Both worked flawlessly.
1. use twrp 2.7 as recovery (cwm works too, but I am personally like twrp better.)
2. Down load all the files found here to your computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50728165
3. Take your external move the downloaded files to your EXTERNAL SD card.
4. Flash using the instructions listed in link above.
Notes: when you do you full wipe twrp should not remove the files from the external sd card and then you can flash. If it does wipe, remove the card from your phone, plug into computer, move files, place back into phone and then reboot back into recovery. I did find it helpful to make a special folder on the external sd card for the files to be in so I could locate them quickly.
Also on the first boot you have to give the ROM about 5-10 minutes to set up.
Make sure to unchecked the reboot option at the end of the aroma so you can flash the custom kernel and wifi fix.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
sm-n900t: Powered by X-Note V13

Edit: Oh wow, thanks. Looks like i had all the steps right, but I was just trying to flash the wrong ZIP file...
Still, thanks a bunch! I don't know why I thought i'd be able to flash the download version found straight from the n9005 forum.

dirrtyswan said:
Edit: Oh wow, thanks. Looks like i had all the steps right, but I was just trying to flash the wrong ZIP file...
Still, thanks a bunch! I don't know why I thought i'd be able to flash the download version found straight from the n9005 forum.
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No problem! Glad that I can help out. Enjoy the new version of X-Note.
sm-900t: Powered by X-Note V13

FFTony said:
No problem! Glad that I can help out. Enjoy the new version of X-Note.
sm-900t: Powered by X-Note V13
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Actually turns out I spoke too soon last night.
I got to the crazy boot animation for xnote 13 but it never finishes booting. I've let it sit for 30 mins without the animation stopping.
For the record I'm also using twrp 2.7.0...and on the official 4.4.2 nb4 boot loader. Is that the one you're on? Or are you still on the 4.3 mi7 boot loader ?

dirrtyswan said:
Actually turns out I spoke too soon last night.
I got to the crazy boot animation for xnote 13 but it never finishes booting. I've let it sit for 30 mins without the animation stopping.
For the record I'm also using twrp 2.7.0...and on the official 4.4.2 nb4 boot loader. Is that the one you're on? Or are you still on the 4.3 mi7 boot loader ?
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That is what I was on. You can't do 13 unless you have the new boot loader. Did you do a md5 check of your zip and did you do a clean wipe prior to flashing? You can also try to do another clean wipe and reflash all the files. Sometimes you have to flash the kernel twice for it to function correctly. Not sure why but I have seen that mentioned several times in the dev section.
sm-900t: Powered by X-Note V13

FFTony said:
That is what I was on. You can't do 13 unless you have the new boot loader. Did you do a md5 check of your zip and did you do a clean wipe prior to flashing?
sm-900t: Powered by X-Note V13
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Hmm yes and yes.
There is one guy in they thread that seemed to have the same problem as me but he didn't write what he did to fix it. I sent him a pm, hopefully be can point out what I'm doing wrong or missing.
I've tried two different kernels as well. The one recommended and compulsion kernel

dirrtyswan said:
Hmm yes and yes.
There is one guy in they thread that seemed to have the same problem as me but he didn't write what he did to fix it. I sent him a pm, hopefully be can point out what I'm doing wrong or missing.
I've tried two different kernels as well. The one recommended and compulsion kernel
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I just edited my post. Check the end. And make sure to download and use the Civ Kernel. Also make sure to select, "no kernel" in the aroma setup.
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Just flashed xnote last night. I used philz touch and it didn't wipe my internal. All is running well with civ kernel.
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Z-Man™ said:
Just flashed xnote last night. I used philz touch and it didn't wipe my internal. All is running well with civ kernel.
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Ok i'll retry with philz, can you confirm which version of Civz you flashed? Was it 2.0 or 2.1?

dirrtyswan said:
Ok i'll retry with philz, can you confirm which version of Civz you flashed? Was it 2.0 or 2.1?
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I used 2.6 which is the latest for our device last I checked.
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dirrtyswan said:
Ok i'll retry with philz, can you confirm which version of Civz you flashed? Was it 2.0 or 2.1?
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I am using 2.1 with no issues.
sm-900t: Powered by X-Note V13

Z-Man™ said:
I used 2.6 which is the latest for our device last I checked.
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omg...finally. Got it working. I'm not quite sure exactly what did it but I switched over to both Philz Touch recovery and civz 2.6 kernel instead of the one provided in the Q&A. Anyway it worked this time. PHEW!
Thanks to both you for all your help!

dirrtyswan said:
omg...finally. Got it working. I'm not quite sure exactly what did it but I switched over to both Philz Touch recovery and civz 2.6 kernel instead of the one provided in the Q&A. Anyway it worked this time. PHEW!
Thanks to both you for all your help!
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Great! Just glad to get another person supporting x-note.
sm-n900t: Powered by X-Note V13

Hi Guys, Newbie here
I just got a note 3 from tmobile (N900T). I'm using it in a different carrier here in the US. I wanted to remove the tmobile apps and I stumbled upon this post. So I tried installing xnote v16 with the WIFI/NFC Fix and Civz Kernel 3.4. Everything seems to work well except the WIFI. I can't turn it on. Anyone can help me get my wifi working?

Mediaspot said:
Hi Guys, Newbie here
I just got a note 3 from tmobile (N900T). I'm using it in a different carrier here in the US. I wanted to remove the tmobile apps and I stumbled upon this post. So I tried installing xnote v16 with the WIFI/NFC Fix and Civz Kernel 3.4. Everything seems to work well except the WIFI. I can't turn it on. Anyone can help me get my wifi working?
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Try a different kernel....it should work....

[Q] Need Help Flashing a ROM

Hi guys, sorry if this is stupid. I've flashed ROMs to 3 or 4 phones before this one and didn't have any issues with them, but this time around it doesn't seem so easy. My phone is a virgin mobile galaxy s2 (d710)
My phone has been rooted for a while and my stock ROM started randomly freezing up on me 4-5 times/day, so I finally decided to flash a ROM. The stickied post says to use odin mobile to flash to GB - EL26 Stock w/ CWM then to flash the ROM I want. Any ROM I tried flashing gave a status 7 error and aborted, EXCEPT for one ROM, and on that one I didn't even have working 3G? I believe this thread implied doing it any other way would be a hard brick.
I finally ended up using samsung's official upgrade tool in download mode to flash back to stock ROM, but it would be nice to get a custom on now that I've put time into it.
Can anyone point me in the direction I need to go?
Thanks
EDIT: I'm currently on the 4.1.2 stock ROM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50070702
I'm guessing you're trying to flash a KitKat ROM? Using Mobile Odin and EL26CWM will work when flashing 4.2.2 (and under) ROMs, but not KitKat. You'll need the last Blasphemy 6.6 kernel (just for the updated ClockworkMod), located in Original Development, for that.
In your case, you'll probably want to flash FJ12 or FL26 (if you can find it) modem zips, as you're on Virgin Mobile, and those are ICS Virgin Mobile modems, which you'll need to have working data/internet on Any AOSP ROM (JB modems won't work).
And this guide is assuming you're completely stock JB firmware, not rooted.
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It looks like I'm on GB28 stock. I think agats caused a soft brick. I'm reflashing back to stock again now....I don't know what's going on with this phone.
Edit: Retried, got it to work this time. Thanks.
Is there a reason why you have to flash one recovery just to move onto another one? Would any recovery work installing any ROM? I'm a bit confused by all these different recoveries, since my last phone only needed one.

InfamousMyzt said:
It looks like I'm on GB28 stock. I think agats caused a soft brick. I'm reflashing back to stock again now....I don't know what's going on with this phone.
Edit: Retried, got it to work this time. Thanks.
Is there a reason why you have to flash one recovery just to move onto another one? Would any recovery work installing any ROM? I'm a bit confused by all these different recoveries, since my last phone only needed one.
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On this device, recovery comes bundled with the kernel. When you flash a ROM or kernel, the recovery that was on gets overwritten by the recovery that comes with the ROM/kernel you're flashing.
The reason everybody started using EL26CWM (gingerbread kernel) was due to a bug in the stock ICS firmware that was causing some people's devices to be permanently bricked when doing a factory reset.
Status 7 error when flashing is usually due to using a recovery that's too old.
So to answer your question... No, there is no "be-all, end-all" recovery for this device. Sorry [emoji20]
Glad you got it working though
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Thanks for the help. Now that I'm running CM11, I don't have visual voicemail and it looks like I can't receive MMS.
Serious props to the people that use custom ROMs that aren't driven insane by bugs, I'm irritated by it already.
Know of any fix?

I don't know about visual voicemail... I'm flashed to Cricket and just use the built-in voicemail statusbar notification. Have you tried pushing the apk manually? I'm pretty sure I've seen Virgin Mobile fixes here in the d710 forum.
As far as MMS goes, have you tried messing with the APN's? I don't think MMS will work as-flashed, out-of-the-box for you without modifying them for Virgin.
If you're getting annoyed by bugs, have you given stock, rooted deodexed GB28 a try? When i get the TouchWiz itch, I run deodexed GB28, along with Agat's 1.3 kernel, TD's AIO mod, and Missing Link mod (both found in Themes and Apps of this forum).
I'm currently running Slimbean build 7 (4.2.2) as it's super lightweight, stable, and has good battery-life.
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Do you know where I could find the voicemail apk?
Also, where can I mess with the APNs/what would work there?
The only reason I want a custom ROM at all is to be on KitKat. It honestly disgusts me a bit that google hasn't standardized versions....I don't get why every phone needs it's own ROM and never gets updated....
Thanks man.
Edit: I did find a MMS fix and visual voicemail all in one zip, but flashing it screwed the phone and I had to restore in recovery.

As far as editing APN's, I use Nova Prime launcher to create a shortcut on my homescreen to access them. Create shortcut to Activities/Settings/APNs and make your edits there.
Have you tried extracting the contents of the zip and manually applying those changes? Sorry but I wouldn't know anything else about configuring for Virgin. Maybe you could ask in that respective ROM thread, as I'm sure there are Virgin Mobile users there that have everything working.
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Thanks for the ideas, I'm a bit slow sometimes when it comes to android/linux. I pulled the apk out of the zip, installed it, that's working fine. I just need to find a fix for my MMS. I can send but not receive.
Edit: I found a way to open the APN settings using voice dialer, but it's blank and choosing to add one, it does not save.

InfamousMyzt said:
Thanks for the ideas, I'm a bit slow sometimes when it comes to android/linux. I pulled the apk out of the zip, installed it, that's working fine. I just need to find a fix for my MMS. I can send but not receive.
Edit: I found a way to open the APN settings using voice dialer, but it's blank and choosing to add one, it does not save.
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I had that issue too on cm11. They appear just fine on Liquidsmooth 4.4.4
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Just for clarification, if I want to flash a new ROM when I'm already on a custom, do I need to use odin mobile to flash back to that GB rom with CWM before I flash the recovery and new ROM? Or can I just wipe and flash new recovery from the one I have now?

InfamousMyzt said:
Just for clarification, if I want to flash a new ROM when I'm already on a custom, do I need to use odin mobile to flash back to that GB rom with CWM before I flash the recovery and new ROM? Or can I just wipe and flash new recovery from the one I have now?
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If the new recovery you are talking about is safe to flash from...and the one you are currently using is safe to flash from...then you can just reboot recovery and wipe cache and dalvik, then flash new recovery and then reboot recovery. Now you will be on the new, safe, recovery. So do your wipes ( data, cache, dalvik cache and format system ) and flash the rom.
If you want to go the mobile odin way..in case the recovery you currently have cant flash the new recovery you need, in order to flash the rom of choice..which im assuming is kitkat. As it needs the most up to date recovery to flash properly.
Then i have a simple guide you can follow to flash a safe kernel/recovery, in which you can then flash the newer recovery for flashing the rom you have choosen.
Link to guide. Post 5 is what you need to read.
If this sounds complicated or confusing..please post a link to current rom you wish to install and i will read the op and point you down the correct path.

Thanks, I was looking to use either of these. I've had issues with ROMs so far because I'm on Virgin Mobile and lots of stuff is buggy. Not sure which of these will work best:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298221
http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/orig-development/rom-liquidsmooth-v3-1-t2803683
I'm not normally confused by rooting/flashing, but I don't understand the whole "safe recovery" thing.
I'm currently on this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540250

InfamousMyzt said:
Thanks, I was looking to use either of these. I've had issues with ROMs so far because I'm on Virgin Mobile and lots of stuff is buggy. Not sure which of these will work best:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298221
http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/orig-development/rom-liquidsmooth-v3-1-t2803683
I'm not normally confused by rooting/flashing, but I don't understand the whole "safe recovery" thing.
I'm currently on this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540250
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I see. Im not too familiar with what works with virgin mobile.
But if you can flash a virgin modem and set your apns after a flash.. That will get your data working. I'm at work.. But let me refewsh my memory later about virgin mobile on this device and I'll hit ya back.
Fyi.. I think jdsingle made a virgin mobile rom a while back.

Gil81 said:
I see. Im not too familiar with what works with virgin mobile.
But if you can flash a virgin modem and set your apns after a flash.. That will get your data working. I'm at work.. But let me refewsh my memory later about virgin mobile on this device and I'll hit ya back.
Fyi.. I think jdsingle made a virgin mobile rom a while back.
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Thanks, I looked for jdsingle and only found posts for 3D Evo I believe; no activity since 2011?

InfamousMyzt said:
Thanks, I looked for jdsingle and only found posts for 3D Evo I believe; no activity since 2011?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39371960
It was made for JB but it's a start
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Yeah, I tried that one, it continually crashed my launcher every 3 seconds, had to reflash the ROM. It did give me the voicemail apk I needed though! Really if I could just get flash instructions for going from one rom to another, I'd be set probably.

Have you tried applying the changes and setting permissions in the zip manually, like with Root Explorer?
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Have you tried applying the changes and setting permissions in the zip manually, like with Root Explorer?
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No, I'm honestly not sure how to do that. Linux's file structure is confusing to me. Granted I'm also having wifi problems on this rom too, it disconnects all the time.

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No, I'm honestly not sure how to do that. Linux's file structure is confusing to me. Granted I'm also having wifi problems on this rom too, it disconnects all the time.
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It honestly isn't too difficult at all. All I see in the zip is a new apns-conf.xml (permissions are rw-r-r), 2 build.prop edits, and the deleting of telephony.db located in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases
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